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1. AN APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROCESSING A PLURALITY OF CONTAINERS FROM FLAT FOLDED TUBE FORM TO AN ERECTED FORM, WHEREIN THE CONTAINERS ARE FILLED WITH A LIQUID AND SEALED, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A FIRST CIRCULAR TABLE MOUNTED FOR ROTATION, A SECOND CIRCULAR ROTATABLY MOUNTED TABLE OPERATIVELY INTERCONNECTED TO SAID FIRST TABLE AND DRIVEN THEREBY, MEANS FOR INTERMITTENTLY ROTATING SAID FIRST TABLE, SAID SECOND TABLE BEING INDEXED AT INTERVALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MOVEMENT OF SAID FIRST TABLE, MEANS FOR SUCCESSIVELY ERECTING SAID CONTAINERS FROM THEIR FLAT FOLDED TO OPEN-ENDED FORM AND FOR SUCCESSIVELY FEEDING THE ERECTED CONTAINERS TO AN UNLOADING STATION ON SAID FIRST TABLE IN BOTTOM SIDE UP POSITION, A PLURALITY OF WORK STATIONS LOCATED IN SPACED RELATION AT SAID FIRST TABLE, MEANS LOCATED AT SAID WORK STATIONS AND RESPONSIVE TO THE MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID FIRST TABLE FOR SUCCESSIVELY FOLDING, HEATING AND SEALING THE BOTTOM SIDES OF SAID CONTAINERS, MEANS FOR TRANSFERRING THE BOTTOM SEALED CONTAINERS TO A LOAD 